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Find Activities

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How to work on Word Reasoning with your child at home

Build word reasoning at home through playful clue games, sorting and odd-one-out, comparing things, and lots of "why" and "how do you know?" talk during books and daily routines. Keep sessions short, warm and led by your child's curiosity.

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How to Work on Interactive Learning at Home

Interactive learning means learning together through turn-taking and responsive play. At home, follow your child's lead, name what they notice, wait for their response, and turn meals, baths and reading into back-and-forth conversations — your warm attention matters more than any toy.

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How can I work on Interactive Listening with my child at home?

Build interactive listening at home through short, joyful daily moments — pause and wait for your child to respond, play sound-and-song games, follow simple instructions together, and narrate everyday routines. Little and often works best, and any attempt to respond counts as a listening turn.

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How can I work on Interactive Logic with my child at home?

Interactive Logic is your child's ability to reason and problem-solve with another person. Build it at home through cause-and-effect play, sorting and patterns, talk-it-through games and turn-taking puzzles — keeping play short, warm and pressure-free, celebrating the trying over the answer.

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How to Work on Interactive Look-and-Point at Home

Interactive Look-and-Point builds joint attention — your child following your point, pointing to share, and checking your face. Build it at home with bubbles, books, eye-level play and naming, following your child's lead in short joyful bursts. Seek a developmental check if pointing or shared gaze rarely appear by 12–18 months.

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How to Work on Interactive Math With Your Child at Home

Interactive Math at home means turning everyday play into hands-on number experiences — counting stairs and spoons, sorting buttons by colour, spotting shapes and pouring water to explore 'more' and 'less'. Keep it short, playful and talk-rich, celebrating curiosity over correct answers. A few minutes most days builds confident early number sense.

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How can I work on Interactive Memory with my child at home?

Build your child's interactive memory at home with short, playful, repeated activities done together — hide-and-find games, 'what's missing?', story retelling, memory-match cards and rhymes. Keep it under 10 minutes, give time to recall, and celebrate effort. If your child consistently struggles with simple instructions or loses skills, seek a developmental check.

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How can I work on Interactive Movement with my child at home?

Interactive Movement is play where you and your child move together — turn-taking ball games, action songs, gentle chase, and copy-me games. Follow your child's lead, build in pauses, and keep it short and joyful; the shared back-and-forth matters more than perfect movement.

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How to Work on Interactive Name Calling at Home

Interactive Name Calling builds your child's response to their own name through short, joyful rounds: call from close by in a warm voice, reward every glance instantly, then gradually add distance. Make the name predict good things, and seek a developmental and hearing check if your child consistently doesn't respond by around 12 months.

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How to Work on Interactive Name Recognition at Home

Build interactive name recognition through warm, playful daily moments: say your child's name just before something joyful, get to eye level, wait a moment, and celebrate every turn towards you. Keep sessions short, happy and woven into the day rather than drilled.

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How to Work on Interactive Name Response at Home

Build Interactive Name Response at home with short, playful daily moments: call your child's name once from close by, wait, then reward any turn with a smile, tickle or toy. Gradually add distance and new voices. If by ~12 months they rarely respond even in a quiet room, arrange a hearing and developmental check.

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How can I work on Interactive Name with my child at home?

Build Interactive Name at home by saying your child's name brightly, pausing, and warmly rewarding every response with smiles, tickles or a favourite toy. Weave it into play, songs and mealtimes rather than formal lessons. If your child rarely turns to their name, a gentle hearing and developmental check is worthwhile.

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How to Practise Interactive NameCalling at Home

Interactive NameCalling helps your child learn to respond to their name through short, playful rounds: say the name warmly once, wait for any response — a look, smile or sound — and reward it instantly with delight. Practise little and often during happy everyday moments rather than long formal sessions.

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How to Work on Interactive NameResponse at Home

Build your child's name response at home with short, joyful, repeated games — call their name from close by, pair it with something they love, reward every turn-towards, and keep distractions low. Most children respond fairly consistently by around 12 months; persistent non-response across settings warrants a friendly developmental and hearing check.

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How can I work on Interactive Naming with my child at home?

Interactive Naming means labelling objects and actions during warm, shared play — following your child's interest, pausing for a response, and celebrating every attempt. Woven through daily routines like bath and snack time, a few short, happy sessions a day grow vocabulary naturally.

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How to work on Interactive Number at home

Build early maths through warm, playful interaction — count real things together, share "one for you, one for me", sing number rhymes and weave counting into daily routines. Keep it short, joyful and pressure-free; a few minutes most days beats any flashcard.

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How to Work on Interactive Object Attention at Home

Build Interactive Object Attention at home through short, face-to-face play around one shared object — name it, pause and wait, take turns, follow your child's lead, and reduce distractions. Little-and-often shared moments grow looking, sharing and the foundations of language.

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How to work on Interactive Object Focus at home

Interactive Object Focus is your child sharing attention with you around an object — looking, glancing back, and taking turns. Build it at home with short, face-to-face play using one favourite toy, pausing so your child looks to you before the toy 'goes', and following their lead.

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How to Practise Interactive Object Naming at Home

Play with 5–8 favourite everyday objects, name each one clearly and warmly, then pause and wait for your child to look, point, gesture or say the word back. Weave it into daily routines like bath and snack, keep sessions short and joyful, and celebrate every attempt — the back-and-forth matters more than getting words perfect.

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How can I work on Interactive Object Permanence with my child at home?

Build object permanence through short, playful hide-and-find games at home — partly hiding toys, peekaboo, cup-finding and turn-taking searches. Make it interactive so memory, attention and early communication grow together. Keep it brief, joyful and led by your child.

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How can I work on Interactive Object Recognition with my child at home?

Build Interactive Object Recognition at home through short, joyful naming games with familiar objects — give-me games, hide-and-find, and choice-making woven into bath, meal and book times. Follow your child's lead, celebrate every attempt, and grow gently. These are everyday activities, not assessments.

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How to Work on Interactive Object Play at Home

An interactive object is a shared toy you and your child use together to build turn-taking, joint attention and early communication. Pick one item your child likes, sit face to face, take turns, follow their lead, and add simple words — five to ten joyful minutes at a time.

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How to Work on Interactive Obstacle Courses at Home

Build a short obstacle course at home with cushions, chairs and tape, then move through it together — naming actions, taking turns and waiting at the end for a hug or high-five. This grows motor planning, balance, sequencing and back-and-forth connection. Keep it to 5–10 playful minutes led by your child's interest.

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How can I work on Interactive PeekaBoo with my child at home?

Interactive PeekaBoo builds eye contact, turn-taking and early communication through joyful, repeatable play at home. Sit face-to-face, use the pause before the reveal to grow anticipation, respond to every smile or sound as a 'turn', and let your child hide and reveal too. Keep it short, follow their lead, and repeat often.

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